Managing For Results

Maryland AskUsNow! usage statistics provided on this page are relevant to the Maryland State Department of Education's Managing for Results (MFR). Data is provided in Fiscal Years (July to June).

For questions please contact:

Julie Strange
Statewide Coordinator, Maryland AskUsNow
jstrange@askusnow.info
410-887-6124

Inputs

Number of Maryland libraries actively providing AskUsNow! 24/7 online services: 41

(as of December 2011. AskUsNow! Participating Libraries)

 

Number of hours per week of live chat provided by Maryland libraries: 293 (as of December 2011. AskUsNow! Monitoring Schedule)

Outputs

Number of questions answered through AskUsNow!

July 2011 - June 2012

FY 2012

Chat

E-mail/Follow-up

Total

Jul 11

1574 950 2524

Aug 11

1656 891 2547

Sep 11

2750 984 3734

Oct 11

3879 1130 5009

Nov 11

3441 1030 4471

Dec 11

3150 834 3984

Jan 12

     

Feb 12

     

Mar 12

     

Apr 12

     

May 12

     

Jun 12

     

Total FY 12

    22,269

July 2010 - June 2011

FY 2011

Chat

E-mail/Follow-up

Total

Jul 10

1894 1237 3131

Aug 10

2060 1271 3331

Sep 10

3274 1312 4586

Oct 10

3860 1285 5145

Nov 10

3752 1292 5044

Dec 10

3420 1053 4473

Jan 11

2753 1270 4023

Feb 11

3614 1298 4912

Mar 11

3137 1354 4491

Apr 11

2665 1024 3689

May 11

2596 931 3527

Jun 11

1779 1013 2792

Total FY 11

32910 13103 46013

July 2009- June 2010

FY 2010

Chat

E-mail/Follow-up

Total

Jul 09

2358

1443

3801

Aug 09

2581

1356

3937

Sep 09

4014

1528

5542

Oct 09

4294

1558

5852

Nov 09

4177

1459

5636

Dec 09

3497

1311

4808

Jan 10

 3893

1461

 5354

Feb 10

2615

1551

4166

Mar 10

3638

1540

5178

Apr 10

3637

1321

4958

May 10

3276

1122

4398

Jun 10

2327

1243

3570

Total FY 10

40,307

16,893

57,200

 

July 2008 - June 2009

FY 2009

Chat

E-mail/Follow-up

Total

Jul 08

2009

1269

3278

Aug 08

1910

1141

3051

Sep 08

3335

1429

4764

Oct 08

4075

1543

5618

Nov 08

3792

1443

5235

Dec 08

3270

1340

4610

Jan 09

3456

1695

5151

Feb 09

3516

1445

4961

Mar 09

4038

1501

5539

Apr 09

3546

1400

4946

May 09

3324

1173

4497

Jun 09

2562

1295

3857

Total FY 09

38,833

16,674

55,507

July 2007 - June 2008

FY 2008

Chat

E-mail/Follow-up

Total

Jul 07

1954

937

2891

Aug 07

2276

1050

3326

Sep 07

3403

1145

4548

Oct 07

4867

1513

6380

Nov 07

4418

1308

5726

Dec 07

4005

1057

5062

Jan 08

3523

1242

4765

Feb 08

3564

1310

4874

Mar 08

3662

1226

4888

Apr 08

3676

1163

4839

May 08

3270

1014

4284

Jun 08

1900

1055

2955

Total FY 08

40,518

14,020

54,538

July 2006 - June 2007

FY 2007

Chat

Email/Follow-up

Total

Jul 06

1690

768

2458

Aug 06

2051

813

2864

Sep 06

3386

891

4277

Oct 06

4293

1059

5352

Nov 06

4331

1019

5350

Dec 06

3923

771

6494

Jan 07

4556

978

5534

Feb 07

3776

1016

4792

Mar 07

3719

953

4672

Apr 07

4016

906

4922

May 07

3802

779

4581

Jun 07

2015

718

2733

Total FY 07

41,558

10,671

52,229

July 2005 - June 2006

FY 2006

Chat

Email/Follow-up

Total

Jul 05

1867

168

2035

Aug 05

2054

130

2184

Sep 05

3194

141

3335

Oct 05

3981

277

4258

Nov 05

4119

256

4375

Dec 05

3428

231

3654

Jan 06

4198

712

4910

Feb 06

3865

614

4479

Mar 06

4790

765

5555

Apr 06

4403

693

5096

May 06

4571

795

5366

Jun 06

2110

736

2846

Total FY 06

42,575

5,518

48,093

Outcome

Percent of AskUsNow! users that report satisfaction with the answer to their request.

(Note: Percentage reflects sum of "Satisfied" and "Somewhat Satisfied" responses to the question, "Were you satisfied with the answer you received to your reference question?")

  FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011 FY2012 FY2013
Actual 80.44% 77.61% 87.29% 88.82% 88.43% 87.85%    
Estimated - - 87% 88% 89% 90% 90% 90%
Source

July05-June06 surveys

July06-June07 surveys

July07-June08 surveys

July08-June09 surveys

July09-June10 Surveys

July10-June11 Surveys